1、check up
了解;查清
It is certainly worth checking up on your benefit entitlements.
查清楚你可以享受哪些福利是绝对有必要的。
The Government employs tax inspectors to check up and make sure people pay all their tax.
政府雇用税务稽查员做检查工作,以确保人们足额纳税。
(常指秘密地)调查,侦查
I'm sure he knew I was checking up on him.
我能肯定,他当时知道我在暗中调查他。
2、invite
邀请
She invited him to her 26th birthday party in New Jersey.
她邀请他去参加她在新泽西举行的 26 岁生日聚会。
I invited her in for a coffee.
我请她进来喝杯咖啡。
(正式)邀请,请求,要求
At a future date, managers will be invited to apply for a management buy-out.
在将来的某天,经理们将受邀进行管理层收购。
The person concerned would be shown the evidence in private and invited to stand down.
将会向有关人员私下出示该证据,并要求其暂时离开证人席。
招致;诱发;引发
I realise that an Englishman who generalises about Ireland invites trouble.
我意识到英国人如果对爱尔兰问题加以泛化的话会招惹麻烦。
Their refusal to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN.
他们拒绝妥协必然会引发联合国的更多批评。